Exam 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy

A loss or impairment of language ability caused by brain injury is called:

Identify the theorist who developed a cognitive development theory that suggests that development is universal and occurs in a fixed stage-like sequence.He or she proposed that infants are in the stage of "sensorimotor development."

Peter shouts and uses profane language while speaking to his teacher.Which of the following rule systems of language is Peter disregarding?

The rules that govern _____ describe the sound sequences that can occur in a language.

Eighteen-month-old Moira knows that her mother is "mommy",but she now calls all women she meets "mommy." According to Piaget,this illustrates ________.

The _____ substage of sensorimotor development corresponds to the first month after birth.

Two-year-old Anita has learned the word "dog" to identify the family pet Rover.Now,Anita says the word "dog" when she sees any animal.Anita has _____ these animals into her existing scheme.

When Abraham describes to his friend what he did in his last summer vacation,he relies on his _____ memory.

Identify a special way that adults speak to babies that is characterized by language spoken in a higher pitch than normal,the use of simple words,and the use of simple sentences.

The sensorimotor stage of development lasts from birth to about:

Which substage of sensorimotor development is characterized by coordination of vision and touch- hand-eye coordination?

In which of the following substages of sensorimotor development does the infant's main focus remain on his or her own body?

Jean Piaget's concept of grouping isolated behaviors into a higher-order system is called:

A study of young children living in low-income families found that _____ when predicting the vocabulary development of children.

Identify the type of error that occurs when infants make the mistake of selecting a familiar hiding place rather than a new hiding place as they progress into Piaget's fourth substage of the sensorimotor stage.

Someone with a vocabulary of only 200 words can recombine the words in different ways to say thousands of different things.This aspect of language is referred to as:

According to Jean Piaget,identify the first substage of sensorimotor thought.This substage is apparent at birth and lasts approximately one month.Sensation and action are coordinated primarily through reflexive behaviors.

At birth,infants communicate by:

_____ occurs when children adjust their schemes to take new information and experiences into account.

What is child-directed speech? What are some other strategies adults use to increase infants' acquisition of language?